Editing Toby Stephens (section)

== Early life and education ==
[[File:Seaford College.jpg|thumb|left|[[Seaford College]]]]
Stephens, the younger son of actors [[Dame Maggie Smith]] and [[Sir Robert Stephens]],<ref name =singh2022/> was born on 21 April 1969 in [[London]].{{cn|date=January 2025}} 

He was educated at Aldro School and [[Seaford College]] in [[West Sussex]].<ref name =singh2022>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11721542/Dame-Maggie-Smiths-son-Stop-calling-me-posh.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11721542/Dame-Maggie-Smiths-son-Stop-calling-me-posh.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Dame Maggie Smith's son: 'Stop calling me posh' |author=Anita Singh |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=7 July 2015 |access-date=3 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/5355982/Toby-Stephens-Being-born-into-the-theatre-was-a-mixed-blessing.html |title=Toby Stephens: Being born into the theatre was a mixed blessing |author=Tim Walker |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=21 May 2009 |access-date=3 February 2019}}</ref> 

He then trained at the [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]] (LAMDA).<ref>{{cite web |title=2011 : APPEARANCES |date=3 February 2014 |url=http://toby-stephens.tumblr.com/post/75484260498/2011-appearances |publisher=toby-stephens.tumblr.com |access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref>